Conspicuous Criticism
Tradition, the Individual and Culture in American Social Thought, from Veblen to Mills
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8018-5151-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text argues that the social-scientific critique of American culture, both liberal and radical, reproduces bourgeois individualistic social relations. It analyzes the work of Veblen and others to demonstrate how their work reflects American middle-class ideas of progress and individualism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-5151-3 (9780801851513)
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Christopher Shannon is visiting scholar in the Department of History at the University of Rochester and has taught at Yale University and the University of Iowa.